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Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
species of Laridae

2nd cy
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feather number longest
primary 10 per wing 239.0 - 254.0mm n=6
P9 (100%)
secondary 21 per wing 126.0 - 144.0mm n=5
S17 (80%) S16 (20%)
retrix 12
137.5 - 152.0mm n=4
R5 (75%) R4 (25%)
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country allocations

native

Algeria · Austria · Bahamas · Belgium · Cabo Verde · Canada · China · Denmark · Faroe Islands · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Greenland · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Japan · Korea, Democratic People's Republic of · Korea, Republic of · Lithuania · Mauritania · Mexico · Morocco · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Russian Federation · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Sweden · Switzerland · Tunisia · Türkiye · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · United States of America · Western Sahara ·

present - origin uncertain

Afghanistan · Côte d'Ivoire · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Monaco · Sierra Leone ·

vagrant

Antigua and Barbuda · Barbados · Belarus · Belize · Bulgaria · Cayman Islands · Croatia · Cuba · Cyprus · Czechia · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Egypt · Estonia · Gambia · Guadeloupe · Haiti · Hungary · Iran, Islamic Republic of · Israel · Jamaica · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Latvia · Lebanon · Luxembourg · Malta · Martinique · Mongolia · Montenegro · Montserrat · North Macedonia · Oman · Peru · Puerto Rico · Romania · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Senegal · Serbia · South Africa · Syrian Arab Republic · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · Ukraine · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Virgin Islands, British · Virgin Islands, U.S. ·

Waders, gulls and auks

conservation status

  • CITES
    not listed
  • Regulation (EG) Nr. 865/2006
    not listed
  • German Federal Nature Conservation Act §44
    protected